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The Executed: A Glance at 10 Key Texas Executions

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Charlie Brooks, No. 1

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed 500 people using lethal injection since the Supreme Court in 1976 cleared the way to resume executions in the United States. The execution total in Texas is by far the largest in the country. Here are 10 noteworthy executions since that ruling.

Dec. 7, 1982: Charlie Brooks, No. 1, the first Texas inmate executed after the Supreme Court in 1976 reinstated the death penalty. Brooks also was the first U.S. prisoner to die by lethal injection. He abducted and killed a Fort Worth car lot employee during a test drive.